England off-spinner Moeen Ali, who was dropped from the team one match into the Ashes series earlier this year due to an extended period of bad form in the longest format is set to be excluded from the squad for the upcoming South Africa Test series as well.
On this day in 2015, India were made to toil hard on the field for victory, courtesy of defiant efforts from Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers.
The 29-year-old was instrumental in the club's maiden T20 title win back in 2015, finishing as the joint-leading wicket-taker in the competition, alongside team mate Stephen Parry.
Play was suspended indefinitely Saturday during a domestic game due to a dangerous pitch at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, just weeks before it is due to host the traditional Boxing Day Test.
Cricket Australia (CA) is set to request the BCCI to agree for more than one Day/Night Test during India's 2021 tour Down Under but Indian Board chief Sourav Ganguly on Friday said such a proposal would be a "bit too much".
Pakistan's Test skipper Azhar Ali has said that the loss to Australia has hurt the pride of the team and there was no excuse to offer for the way that the hosts demolished them.
On Friday evening, Rahul scored 62 off 40 deliveries at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium and became the joint third fastest to score 1,000 T20I runs -- reaching the milestone in 29 innings.